Books with title Living in Tropical Rain Forests

This is the best seller in this series, perhaps because the animals of the Rainforest and the forest itself hold such as fascination for children -- and what better mindset for learning? Projects involve literature, science facts, art, creative writing, critical thinking, research skills, and math. Topics include: the rainforest, the emergent layer, the canopy, the understory, the forest floor, people of the rainforest, the decomposers, insects, birds, reptiles, and mammals of the rainforest, and many more. Projects include: Make a Mini-Rainforest, Reptile Center, Entomologists in Action, and follow up activities for The Great Kapok Tree, a book by Lynne Cherry.lThere are lots of fun activities, such as rainforest math, rainforest acrostics, a crossword puzzle, and a rainforest riddles game with reproducible, cut & paste illustrations of indigenous flora and fauna. Includes bibliography and answer key. All 48 pages perforated for easy removal.

With science, the world around us, and STEM principles all informing the value of this series, it brightly describes biomes with detailed photography with a strong concentration on the features that make them unique.Wow sidebars center are compare and contrast driven and Bio-Facts describe the interactions between humankind and the biomes. Statistics are up-to-date and both fascinating and frighteningfrom the fact that 20 tracks of land the size of football fields are destroyed in the Brazilian rainforest every day; this contrasted with the fact that 50% of all known species are found in rainforests. Quizzes are part of the endmatter.